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Offline Mike Thw

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Where is this?
« on: Sunday 20 March 11 14:00 GMT (UK) »
From the 1861 census, I have a birthplace recorded as "Wellington, Staffordshire"

I'm having some difficulty locating the place.
Lots of Wellingtons; not come across a reference to Staffordshire!!

Can somebody point me in the right direction, please?  :P

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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 March 11 14:05 GMT (UK) »
Mike it would be a good idea to check their birthplace in the 1851, and if still alive, the 1871 and later.  :)

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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 20 March 11 14:08 GMT (UK) »
These sound a little similar:

Wetton
Whittington
Willenhall

Was the person living out of Staffordshire? If so, maybe the enumerator misheard their place of birth?  :-\

Boundaries have changed and the place may now be in an adjoining county.

Eg there is a Weddington in Warwickshire ... (I haven't checked the whereabouts of this place though  :))

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Re: Where is this?
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 20 March 11 14:29 GMT (UK) »
Yes it definitely refers to the parish of Wellington St Luke which was part of Hanley.I have quite a few ancestors who were married in the Church bearing the name.

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William Russell Jones.
Jones, Griffiths. Stephens, Parry, Gabriel, Conway, Hughes, Evans, Roberts, Lea, Hanmer. Peake, Edwards. Newnes, Davies. Thomas. "Blythin".
All North Wales.
Conway, Durber, Cartlidge, Lovatt, Bebington. Brindley, Sankey, Brunt. Dean. Clewes. Rhodes. Mountford,Walker,Bache, "Gibbons"Hood. Taylor
All Stoke-on-Trent.
Francis - Nantwich Cheshire.
Dennell - Cheshire/Staffordshire.
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 20 March 11 16:04 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 20 March 11 17:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi, Yes there is a small area in Hanley called Wellington, which is now just Wellington Street. A school is in the same part of Hanley, also a Church, both called  St Lukes. To get there it is off Bucknall New Road.
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 20 March 11 19:11 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for all the replies, people.

Birthplace before and after 1861 is Kinver, Staffordshire.

I'm inclined to think it should be Whittington - only about 3 miles East of Kinver. Maybe the accent confused confusion.

I've also found that some enumerators put "ditto" or " down to save writing a load of different placenames!

Mike

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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 21 March 11 18:29 GMT (UK) »
I think it is salop/shropshire way. I know it goes as staffs on the census which i looked at. I have a relative who was born there at first i thought it was one elsewhere and then realised.  It was saying one thing on a transcript, i think hampshire and on the census and it was crossed off saying staffs.  I have seen some parish records for wellington at shropshire archives. I think i've been through on the train to shrewsbury from wolverhampton. I think my cousin says there were a few antique shops there where his mom and friends used to go to.
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